ကြား

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See also: ကျ and ကြာ

Burmese

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Etymology 1

From Proto-Lolo-Burmese *ʔ-gla² (“between; to have a space between; interval”), from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *gla (“interval, space between”). Cognate with Akha (khà, “in between”) (STEDT); outside of Lolo-Burmese, compare Old Chinese 間 (OC *kreːn, *kreːns, “section, between, interval (of time and/or space)”). Hill (2019) (p. 251) adduces 加 (OC *kraːl, “to add”), Tibetan བཀྲལ (bkral, “to appoint”), and ཁྲལ (khral, “tax”) as phonetically-sound cognates.

Postposition

ကြား • (kra:)

  1. between

Noun

ကြား • (kra:)

  1. in-between, interval, interim
Derived terms

Etymology 2

From Proto-Tibeto-Burman *(k/g)ra (“to hear, listen, sound”); cognate with Tibetan སྒྲ (sgra, “sound, voice”) (STEDT). Luce additionally compares Old Chinese 喈 (OC *kriːl, “to resound; melody”). Note also similarities to 諫 (OC *kraːns, “to admonish”), 聆 (OC *reːŋ, “to listen carefully”).

Verb

ကြား • (kra:)

  1. to hear
  2. to inform, communicate
Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Luce, G. H. (1981) “-A Finals (16. Between; Interval; Pass)”, in A Comparative Word-List of Old Burmese, Chinese and Tibetan, London: School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, →ISBN, page 1
  2. ^ Luce, G. H. (1981) “-A Finals (15. to Hear; to Inform)”, in A Comparative Word-List of Old Burmese, Chinese and Tibetan, London: School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, →ISBN, page 1

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